Swain v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 9 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““... the law need not be in every respect logically consistent with its aims to be constitutional. It is enough that there is an evil at hand for correction, and that it might be thought that the particular legislative measure was a rational way to correct it.... The legislature may select one phase of one field and apply a remedy there, neglecting the others_ The prohibition of the Equal Protection Clause goes no further than the invidious discrimination.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wyatt v. A-Best Products Co.

2. ““In enacting the Drug Control Law of 1971, the Legislature no doubt considered the cause-and-effect relationship between drug pushing and the tremendous increase of all types of offenses against society. It has been held that engaging in narcotics traffic and a conviction for conspiracy to deal in and distribute heroin warrants a finding that the defendant is a ‘danger to the community’, see U. S. v. Erwing, 280 F.Supp. 814 (N.D.Cal.1968).” Id. at 121.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Correll